Helping Ilia

Castle Town and Kakariko

Hey, guess what! Now that you’ve finished your business in the dungeon, it’s time to return to Telma’s Bar and catch up on current events. As you head into town, you’ll get mail from Renado indicating that you should see him in Kakariko. Coincidentally, one of the adventurers of Telma’s little band is also in Kakariko. Head that way yourself.

These skeletal dogs have the Wooden Rod that Ilia needs to be re-memoried.

Speak to Renado to receive Renado’s Letter. Feel free to speak to Shad in the basement before returning to Telma and talking to her again. Show her the letter to receive the Invoice for Castle Town’s doctor, who’s been running a high tab in Telma’s bar. Head to the town medical office, which is just inside the western gates. Show the doctor the invoice, and he’ll let spill that he stole a wooden rod from Ilia, but then covered it with medicine and then managed to have it stolen! What a dork!

Head into the rear of the doctor’s office and push the crate there to one side. Convert to wolf form and sniff the medicine to get its scent in memory. Head outside the western gate until you’re out of eyesight, then change to wolf form, return to town, and start following the scent from the doctor’s office. It’ll lead you right to...Telma’s Bar? That’s right. Louise, the cat, will be outside the bar, just dying to tell you about how she stole the statue from the doctor, then had it stolen from her by a pack of feral skeleton dogs that live in the field to the south of town but which only come out at night because someone apparently mixed up the weaknesses of skeletal undead and the weaknesses of vampiric undead when they were writing the game.

Anyway, long story short, go to the field outside the southern gate and poke your head around. There’s a Poe’s Soul here if it’s nighttime. If it’s not nighttime, then you’ll have to...wait. Don’t worry too much about it; the day/light cycle only takes a few minutes to switch. When it is nighttime, head down to the grassy area to encounter the devil dogs. Kill all of them to obtain the Wooden Rod.

The Hidden Village

Head back to Kakariko and show Ilia the Wooden Rod. Soon enough, Darbus will head north and offer to show you the hidden village where the secret defenders of Hyrule’s royal family once dwelled. Check your map for his location, north of the Eldin Bridge, then head there yourself. You’ll probably recognize the location, and might have even tried bombing it open a time or two, but Darbus will be able to do the work for you. (If you never bought the Hawkeye at Malo’s shop, now would be a good time to grab it.)

Head out of the tunnel and into the village proper. There are plenty of enemies here, but luckily for you, the Hawkeye and your bow and arrow will make a good team in taking them down. There are 20 of them in all, including a number of archers, so stay back near the entrance to the village and use your bow to kill as many of them as possible before moving forward and entering the buildings. A few of the archers can be shot through the windows of the buildings here. The hardest guy to hit is atop the building near the last Howling Stone; you can climb onto the balcony outside and find a path to the platform beneath him and hit him from there. (Don’t activate the Howling Stone until you’ve killed all 20 targets, or they’ll all respawn!)

Speak to Impaz after destroying all of the monsters. She’ll give you Ilia’s Charm.

You Spin Me Right Round

Ilia's Charm will restore her memory.

Time for a good amount of running around. First, return to Ilia and show her the Charm. Her memory will be restored, but only after an unskippable cutscene - argh. She’ll give you the Horse Call. It’ll let you call Epona from anywhere in the world, even when you don’t have horse grass. She’ll also tell you that Impaz guards an item that waits for the Heavenly Messenger, who is presumably you.

Warp to Eldin Bridge and use the Horse Call to summon Epona. Head back to the Hidden Village and speak to Impaz.

Piece of Heart

As a note, you can obtain a Piece of Heart here in the village. If you change into wolf form and speak to the cats, they’ll refer you to the leader of the chickens. You can find this chicken near the Howling Stone; again, just bust through windows in the buildings on the right side of the street until you find it. Your goal? Speak to all 20 cats in the village. When you hit them all, you’ll nab the Piece of Heart.

Of course, it’s easier said than done. Most of the cats are on the lowest level of the village, but some of them kind of blend in with their surroundings, so it can be tough to track them all down. Keep in mind that some of them will require you to change into human form and move around like that before you can track them down. Also keep in mind that the clawshot can be used to climb up to the upper balconies on the left side of the street. If you use it on the vines/rope ladder above the watering hole, you can take the walkways that lead above the alleyways behind the building there. You can spot a window near where the walkway ends; if you smash it and jump over to the window, then you’ll be able to talk to the hardest-to-find cat. The rest of them are easier to track down; it’s just a matter of keeping them all straight and talking to all of them.

Ancient Sky Book

Put the dominion rod on your d-pad shortcuts and use it on Impaz. She’ll give you the Ancient Sky Book. Yay, we guess. Bring it back to Kakariko, then drop into the cellar of Renado’s house and show it to Shad. Apparently sky writing sounds just like Japanese!

The word that Shad uses on the statue does nothing, but it will recharge your dominion rod. Shad will also give you the location of a number of statues on your map. Sounds like it’s time to track them down!

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